While Monitoring a Patient Who Had Surgery Under General Anaesthesia

question 5

Multiple Choice

While monitoring a patient who had surgery under general anaesthesia 2 hours earlier,the nurse notes a sudden elevation in body temperature.What does this sudden elevation in body temperature indicate?

• A)Tachyphylaxis
• B)Postoperative infection
• C)Malignant hypothermia
• D)Malignant hyperthermia

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